Feedback What on earth has caused this to happen?

[ExperiencersInternational]

So, the Wii U has a Wii mode, and well, I have my Wii U plugged into my capture card which outputs both to my monitor and PC, but on my monitor, it has a pinkish tint? I've never had this happen before and it seems to only happen in Wii mode, and it seems to happen with all Wii software by the looks of it. I used to have my Wii U plugged into my TV, but I never had issues on my TV.

I'm using a Wii U basic 8GB unmodded, and an Acer S220HQL monitor, and an Acer Nitro 5 laptop. I'm using a cheap capture card, which has a HDMI to HDMI cable being used as input, and HDMI to DVI cable being used as output.

 

[Hayato213]

So, the Wii U has a Wii mode, and well, I have my Wii U plugged into my capture card which outputs both to my monitor and PC, but on my monitor, it has a pinkish tint? I've never had this happen before and it seems to only happen in Wii mode, and it seems to happen with all Wii software by the looks of it. I used to have my Wii U plugged into my TV, but I never had issues on my TV.

I'm using a Wii U basic 8GB unmodded, and an Acer S220HQL monitor, and an Acer Nitro 5 laptop. I'm using a cheap capture card, which has a HDMI to HDMI cable being used as input, and HDMI to DVI cable being used as output.

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Might be the screen or the capture card. Acer is a crappy brand for monitor.

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Might be the screen or the capture card.

My screen works fine when in Wii U mode, when attached to my Switch, and when attached to my PC, I don't see it likely to be my capture card, with my Switch and PC, I have used it without my capture card before

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My screen works fine when in Wii U mode, when attached to my Switch, and when attached to my PC, I don't see it likely to be my capture card, with my Switch and PC, I have used it without my capture card before

Here's a picture of it working fine in Wii U mode:



my gamepad conveniently died when I went back to the Wii U menu lol, i did relaunch the Wii menu when it happened the first time and it was still happening

 

[Moorshou]

It could be the hdmi cable, check all wires are fine by testing them on another device.

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

It could be the hdmi cable, check all wires are fine by testing them on another device.

I've already used them on other devices; my Switch (capture card), and my laptop (direct HDMI to DVI)

 

[Hayato213]

My screen works fine when in Wii U mode, when attached to my Switch, and when attached to my PC, I don't see it likely to be my capture card, with my Switch and PC, I have used it without my capture card before

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Here's a picture of it working fine in Wii U mode:

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my gamepad conveniently died when I went back to the Wii U menu lol, i did relaunch the Wii menu when it happened the first time and it was still happening

Hard to tell unless you got another screen or capture card to test, how it is on the screen without the capture card?

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Hard to tell unless you got another screen or capture card to test, how it is on the screen without the capture card?

Here's my computer plugged into it, obviously not going through my capture card

 

[Moorshou]

I've already used them on other devices; my Switch (capture card), and my laptop (direct HDMI to DVI)

Well at least the cables are good, mentioned it cause analog stuff like VGA cables would die out like that. DVI cables could be ran in analog mode, just keep putting more info about this,

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Well at least the cables are good, mentioned it cause analog stuff like VGA cables would die out like that. DVI cables could be ran in analog mode, just keep putting more info about this,

As far as I'm aware, I'm running DVI-D on my monitor

 

[Hayato213]

Well at least the cables are good, mentioned it cause analog stuff like VGA cables would die out like that. DVI cables could be ran in analog mode, just keep putting more info about this,

Maybe try a different capture card, get a better quality one like Elgato

 

[Moorshou]

Also, just to note your pictures are dark, do you have any lights to shine on your setup?

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Maybe try a different capture card, get a better quality one like Elgato

I would, but I refuse to spend the amount that Elgato charges for capture cards, I'm still unsure what could be the reason ngl

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Also, just to note your pictures are dark, do you have any lights to shine on your setup?

I basically only have my lamp on the opposite side of the room lol, here's a closer look if that helps, obviously this is without the capture card btw

 

[Hayato213]

I would, but I refuse to spend the amount that Elgato charges for capture cards, I'm still unsure what could be the reason ngl

Well it has to do with the capture card, it is the quality of the card, you pay for a cheap one so you get crappy display on the screen that it output.

 

[Moorshou]

I'm doing some googling and first posts from reddit, reading up on this cause thats just weeird!

Apparantly people had this issue updating to 4.0 back in 2015

try setting the wii u to 480p maybe if you don't have another solution yet.

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Well it has to do with the capture card, it is the quality of the card, you pay for a cheap one so you get crappy display on the screen that it output.

It honestly outputs fine though, I don't have the best way to show it, but I had my Wii U plugged into my capture card, in Wii U mode, since that seems to be fine, and it displayed fine, this was around October 29th:

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I'm doing some googling and first posts from reddit, reading up on this cause thats just weeird!

Apparantly people had this issue updating to 4.0 back in 2015

try setting the wii u to 480p maybe if you don't have another solution yet.

I could try that, although it's definitely gonna bug me being able to see how blurry it'll be though.

I should also note that I'm running at 1080p, and it reports that I'm running at that when I'm in Wii mode as well (I assume it runs at 576i in Wii mode, and upscales it on device)

 

[Hayato213]

It honestly outputs fine though, I don't have the best way to show it, but I had my Wii U plugged into my capture card, in Wii U mode, since that seems to be fine, and it displayed fine, this was around October 29th:

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That Wii U mode, cause if you got a normal screen when it is on Wii Mode without the capture card then it is the capture card.

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

That Wii U mode, cause if you got a normal screen when it is on Wii Mode without the capture card then it is the capture card.

All I can add is that it displays fine previously on my Samsung H5600 TV, using a HDMI to HDMI cable (the one bundled with the console, the one I use with my capture card isn't the one bundled with it). I haven't tested it with my TV in a while though.

 

[Moorshou]

It honestly outputs fine though, I don't have the best way to show it, but I had my Wii U plugged into my capture card, in Wii U mode, since that seems to be fine, and it displayed fine, this was around October 29th:

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I could try that, although it's definitely gonna bug me being able to see how blurry it'll be though.

I should also note that I'm running at 1080p, and it reports that I'm running at that when I'm in Wii mode as well (I assume it runs at 576i in Wii mode, and upscales it on device)

Yeah, It'll be blurry but this is just for troubleshooting. Also,
I'm looking up gameplay on

Art of Balance​

Dunno why but I pasted that text in and it came out like that!

Update: just looked closer on the pink screen, that message has some chunky square stuff all around it!
Updaate 2: Cat is on my keyboard, Meow, Darn cats delaying research!
Update 3: havent heard from OP but Irrelevant,

This

I went here on this post to get that idea on 480p

About the green/pink screen problem in Wii mode on the Wii U​

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Longtime lurker, finally registered to make this post:
Many users have a problem with the colors of the Wii mode on the Wii U when using an HDMI cable. Here is a video demonstrating the problem:
Many people have experienced this problem with Sony TVs, for which apparently a firmware update is available to solve this problem. But many other users are affected as well. I have this problem since a recent firmware update on both my Epson 8350 projector and on my Dell U2311H screen, that are both connected to my Wii U via a Yamaha RX-375 receiver.
There is a workaround for this issue: Set your screen resolution to 480p in the Wii U settings. This works perfectly, as at 480p the Wii U in Wii mode correctly delivers RGB colors via HDMI and as Wii games don't look any worse at 480p. Since the resolution is 720x480 (3:2), on some devices you have to stretch the image to 16:9 in the device's settings if that is not done automatically.
However it is of course very annoying to switch the resolution back and forth all the time when switching between Wii U games and Wii games. Thus I would like to encourage everybody who experiences this problem to write to Nintendo, so we can get it fixed soon. Please state specifically which devices you have connected to help them identify the problem. It is definitely a software/firmware problem, so it should be easy to fix.
You can contact Nintendo via their support web form or just write them directly at [email protected] . The more people do this, the sooner we will get it fixed hopefully.

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Yeah, It'll be blurry but this is just for troubleshooting. Also,
I'm looking up gameplay on

Art of Balance​

Dunno why but I pasted that text in and it came out like that!

Update: just looked closer on the pink screen, that message has some chunky square stuff all around it!
Updaate 2: Cat is on my keyboard, Meow, Darn cats delaying research!
Update 3: havent heard from OP but Irrelevant,

This

I went here on this post to get that idea on 480p

Will try when I get the chance, although I might try 720p as well since I have a PAL console, and there's no way to tell whether Wii games are running at 576p50 or 480p60.

 

[ExperiencersInternational]

Yeah, It'll be blurry but this is just for troubleshooting. Also,
I'm looking up gameplay on

Art of Balance​

Dunno why but I pasted that text in and it came out like that!

Update: just looked closer on the pink screen, that message has some chunky square stuff all around it!
Updaate 2: Cat is on my keyboard, Meow, Darn cats delaying research!
Update 3: havent heard from OP but Irrelevant,

This

I went here on this post to get that idea on 480p

Still haven't got round to trying it, but I was just looking back on this post and you mentioned at 480p it correctly delivers RGB colours? Do you think this might have anything to do with HDMI range capabilities, because I know that some TVs support a limited range (like my Samsung I'm replacing in a few days), but some support a full colour range.